שָׁלוֹם לְךָ (לְבֶן) דּוֹדִי | Shalom Lekh (l'Ven) Dodi, by Shlomo ibn Gabirol (ca. 11th c.)
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open_content_license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license date_src_start: 1040-00-00 date_src_end: 1100-00-00 languages_meta: [{"name":"English","code":"eng","standard":"ISO 639-3"},{"name":"Hebrew","code":"heb","standard":"ISO 639-3"}] scripts_meta: [{"name":"Latin","code":"Latn","standard":"ISO 15924"},{"name":"Hebrew (Ktav Ashuri)","code":"Hebr","standard":"ISO 15924"}] Date: 2021-06-30
Last Updated: 2025-04-25
Categories: Se'udat Leil Shabbat, Se'udat Yom Shabbat
Tags: 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., acrostic, Acrostic signature, eros, זמירות zemirot, פיוטים piyyuṭim, שיר נשירים shir hashirim
Excerpt: A piyyut presenting a dialogue between a couple and Hashem. . . .
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שָׁלוֹם לְךָ (לְבֶן) דּוֹדִי
הַצַּח וְהָאַדְמוֹן
שָׁלוֹם לְךָ מֵאֵת
רַקָּה כְמוֹ רִמּוֹן
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Hello, my dear
Pure and ruddy
Hello, already
Beautiful as a pomegranate
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לִקְרַאת אֲחוֹתְךָ רוּץ
צֵא נָא לְהוֹשִׁיעָהּ
וּצְלַח כְּבֶן יִשָׁי
רַבַּת בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן
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Run to meet your sister
Go out to save her
Successful as the son of Yishai
Out of all the people
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מַה לָּךְ יְפֵהפִיָּה
כִּי תְעוֹרְרִי אַהֲבָה
וּתְצַלְצְלִי קוֹלֵךְ
כַּמְעִיל בְּקוֹל פַּעֲמוֹן
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Why o beautiful
Do you tempt love
And make your voice
Ring like a bell?
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הָעֵת אֲשֶׁר תַּחְפּוֹץ
אַהֲבָה אֲחִישֶׁנָּה
עִתָּהּ וְעָלַיִךְ
אֵרֵד כְּטַל חֶרְמוֹן
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The time that it wishes
I will hasten love
In its time I will come to you
Like dew on mount Hermon.
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Source(s)
Contributor: Honi Sanders (translation)
Co-authors:
Featured Image:
Title: Pomegranite in Michal and Michael’s garden by davi55king (CC-BY 2.0)
Caption: Image: Pomegranite in Michal and Michael's garden by davi55king (License: CC-BY 2.0)
